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Graduate Programs

Master of Science

Human Resouce Courses Description

OLS 545 Compensation and Benefits, Cr. 3
P: None
This course addresses the theoretical and practical issues associated with the design of effective compensation systems.  It covers compensation philosophy, strategy, and policy, including topics such as performance-based pay, equity considerations, job evaluation, and benefits.

OLS 555 Workforce Planning and Employment, Cr. 3.
P:: OLS 515 and a research skills course 
This course examines all aspects of the staffing process beginning with workforce planning and applicant recruitment and ending with termination and outplacement.  Recruitment and selection methods used by organizations are evaluated using scientific and ethical criteria, and discrepancies between research recommendations and practice are explored.  

OLS 565 Employee Relations, Cr. 3.
P: None 
This course explores determinants of employee attitudes and job satisfaction and modification of attitudes and morale.  Ways to reduce barriers between management and employees are investigated, as are organizational communication issues, diversity issues, procedures to resolve disputes, employee involvement strategies, and working effectively with unions and maintaining non-union status.

OLS 575 Contemporary Employment Practices and the Law, Cr. 3.
P: None
A survey and analysis of the law governing human resources.  Students will strengthen their understanding of the legal framework in which human resource administration takes place by studying employment discrimination, compensation laws and regulations, employee selection guidelines, and other topics.  

OLS 585 Health, Safety, and Security, Cr. 3.
P: None 
This is a seminar course covering safety promotion, human factors considerations, contingency planning and crisis management, theft and misuse of organizational resources, and
investigations and preventive measures.  Other topics covered include promoting employee health and creating psychosocially healthy organizations.

Course Descriptions